This featured candidate brings a unique blend of executive vision and hands-on experience in driving data and AI transformations to align with real business priorities, build stakeholder trust, and deliver measurable impact at scale! Please take a moment to review his professional summary:
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Led a multi-year enterprise data modernization effort, consolidating fragmented systems into a centralized platform that improved analytics around pricing, rebates, and inventory, delivering over $15M in business impact.
- Designed and implemented a unified customer data foundation across several business lines including retail, real estate, and hospitality, enabling customer 360 use cases and generating $2M in ROI within the first year.
- Established scalable data governance programs, embedding business stewards, reducing manual reconciliation by 35%, and improving trust in key financial and operational metrics.
- Enabled real-world AI/ML use cases such as customer segmentation, churn analysis, and margin optimization, aligning data science efforts with strategic goals.
- Built and led globally distributed data and engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, stakeholder collaboration, and delivery excellence.
FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Data strategy and platform modernization
- Data governance and compliance
- Enterprise architecture and system integration
- AI and analytics enablement
- Executive stakeholder engagement and team leadership
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 20+ years of experience in enterprise technology, with a focus on data strategy, architecture, analytics, AI enablement, and digital transformation across industries including retail, supply chain, real estate, and financial services.
CAREER GOAL: To lead transformative data and AI initiatives that drive measurable business impact, foster cross-functional alignment, and elevate organizations into data-driven enterprises.
PREFERRED EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-time, advisory, or consulting.
PREFERRED LOCATION: Onsite DFW area, hybrid, or remote (open to relocating)